

ABSTRACT

In light-duty liquid detergent compositions suitable for hand dishwashing, improved foaming performance, especially in hard water, is obtained by using combinations of particular alkylbenzene sulphonates (linear C&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt;-C&lt;sub&gt;13&lt;/sub&gt; alkylbenzene sulphonates substantially free of other alkyl chain lengths and containing only minor amounts of C&lt;sub&gt;13&lt;/sub&gt; material) and particular alkyl ether sulphates (those containing 20% or less of C&lt;sub&gt;14&lt;/sub&gt; and above material and having an average degree of ethoxylation of from 1 to 12).



